diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 9aa8c670a..4d6dced83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -52,11 +52,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           asdf_branch: v0.11.0
 
+      - name: Build and install on KinD
+        run: make dev.run-on-kind
+
       - name: Run e2e tests
         run: make e2e-test
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Cleanup KinD cluster
+        if: always()
+        run: make kind.delete
+
+
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
diff --git a/.go-tools b/.go-tools
index ae6855872..7abfaaa35 100644
--- a/.go-tools
+++ b/.go-tools
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ github.com/segmentio/golines@v0.11.0
 gotest.tools/gotestsum@v1.9.0
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@v0.0.0-20230131195449-5db173878d6d
 github.com/google/go-containerregistry/cmd/crane@v0.12.1
+github.com/drone/envsubst/cmd/envsubst@v1.0.3 # FREEZE
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index abe310e89..b05ccb518 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ repos:
   rev: v1.2.0
   hooks:
   - id: helm-docs
+    stages: [commit]
     args:
       # Make the tool search for charts only under the `example-charts` directory
       - --chart-search-root=charts
diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
index 1afcae88d..0a5f39480 100644
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ golangci-lint 1.50.1
 goreleaser 1.15.0
 helm 3.11.0
 helm-docs 1.11.0
+kind 0.17.0
 kube-controller-tools 0.11.2
 kubectl 1.26.1
 kustomize 4.5.7
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 608bad5ff..0c75cc52c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,3 +6,17 @@
 # CAPI Runtime Extensions Server
 
 See [upstream documentation](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/tasks/experimental-features/runtime-sdk/index.html).
+
+## Development
+
+To deploy a local build, either initial install to update an existing deployment, run:
+
+```shell
+make dev.run-on-kind
+```
+
+To delete the dev KinD cluster, run:
+
+```shell
+make kind.delete
+```
diff --git a/hack/common.sh b/hack/common.sh
index 51f614193..da6a2f130 100644
--- a/hack/common.sh
+++ b/hack/common.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# Copyright 2023 D2iQ, Inc. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 GIT_REPO_ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
 export GIT_REPO_ROOT
diff --git a/hack/kind/create-cluster.sh b/hack/kind/create-cluster.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..97c012cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/kind/create-cluster.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2023 D2iQ, Inc. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename "$0")"
+readonly SCRIPT_NAME
+
+function print_usage {
+  cat >&2 <<EOF
+  Usage: ${SCRIPT_NAME} [COMMAND] [OPTIONS]
+  Creates kind cluster with given configuration
+  Options:
+    --cluster-name     Name of the KinD cluster
+    --output-dir       Output directory for generated resources.
+    --base-config      Base configuration of KinD cluster.
+    --kindest-image    KinD image used in controller-plane
+EOF
+}
+
+function assert_not_empty {
+  local -r arg_name="$1"
+  local -r arg_value="$2"
+
+  if [[ -z $arg_value ]]; then
+    echo "The value for '$arg_name' cannot be empty"
+    print_usage
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+function run_cmd() {
+  local cluster_name=""
+  local output_dir=""
+  local base_config=""
+  local kindest_image=""
+
+  # read options
+  while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    local key="$1"
+    case "$key" in
+    --cluster-name)
+      cluster_name="$2"
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --output-dir)
+      output_dir="$2"
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --base-config)
+      base_config="$2"
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --kindest-image)
+      kindest_image="$2"
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --help)
+      print_usage
+      exit
+      ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+  done
+
+  # validate parameters
+  assert_not_empty "--cluster-name" "$cluster_name"
+  assert_not_empty "--output-dir" "$output_dir"
+  assert_not_empty "--base-config" "$base_config"
+  assert_not_empty "--kindest-image" "$kindest_image"
+
+  local cluster_config="$output_dir/kind-config.yaml"
+
+  # make sure output directory exist
+  mkdir -p "$output_dir"
+
+  # create/override base config
+  export KINDEST_IMAGE="${kindest_image}"
+  envsubst <"$base_config" >"$cluster_config"
+
+  kind create cluster --name "$cluster_name" --config "$cluster_config"
+}
+
+run_cmd "$@"
diff --git a/hack/kind/kind-base-config.yaml b/hack/kind/kind-base-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba9fd4885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/kind/kind-base-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Copyright 2023 D2iQ, Inc. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+kind: Cluster
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+containerdConfigPatches:
+  - |-
+    [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".registry.configs."registry-1.docker.io".auth]
+      username = "${DOCKER_USERNAME}"
+      password = "${DOCKER_PASSWORD}"
+  - |-
+    [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".registry.mirrors."docker.io"]
+      endpoint = ["${DOCKER_MIRROR:-https://registry-1.docker.io}"]
+kubeadmConfigPatches:
+  - |
+    apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+    kind: KubeletConfiguration
+    nodeStatusMaxImages: -1
+nodes:
+  - role: control-plane
+    image: "${KINDEST_IMAGE}"
+    extraMounts:
+      - containerPath: "/var/run/docker.sock"
+        hostPath: "/var/run/docker.sock"
diff --git a/make/all.mk b/make/all.mk
index 16c3caa32..3fc71e05b 100644
--- a/make/all.mk
+++ b/make/all.mk
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)ci.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)tag.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)upx.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)addons.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)kind.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)clusterctl.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)dev.mk
diff --git a/make/clusterctl.mk b/make/clusterctl.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d982313a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/clusterctl.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Copyright 2023 D2iQ, Inc. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+.PHONY: clusterctl.init
+clusterctl.init: install-tool.clusterctl
+	env CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY=true EXP_RUNTIME_SDK=true clusterctl init \
+		--kubeconfig=$(KIND_KUBECONFIG) \
+		--infrastructure docker \
+		--wait-providers
+
+.PHONY: clusterctl.delete
+clusterctl.delete: install-tool.clusterctl
+	clusterctl delete --kubeconfig=$(KIND_KUBECONFIG) --all
diff --git a/make/dev.mk b/make/dev.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..140bf79cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/dev.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2023 D2iQ, Inc. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+.PHONY: dev.run-on-kind
+dev.run-on-kind: kind.create clusterctl.init install-tool.helm install-tool.gojq
+ifndef SKIP_BUILD
+	$(MAKE) release-snapshot
+endif
+	kind load docker-image --name $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) \
+		$$(gojq -r '.[] | select(.type=="Docker Image") | select(.goarch=="$(GOARCH)") | .name' dist/artifacts.json)
+	helm upgrade --install --kubeconfig $(KIND_KUBECONFIG) capi-runtime-extensions ./charts/capi-runtime-extensions \
+		--set-string image.tag=$$(gojq -r .version dist/metadata.json) \
+		--wait --wait-for-jobs
+	kubectl --kubeconfig $(KIND_KUBECONFIG) rollout restart deployment capi-runtime-extensions
+	kubectl --kubeconfig $(KIND_KUBECONFIG) rollout status deployment capi-runtime-extensions
diff --git a/make/go.mk b/make/go.mk
index 09b7e54eb..793de9028 100644
--- a/make/go.mk
+++ b/make/go.mk
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ E2E_FLAKE_ATTEMPTS ?= 1
 
 .PHONY: e2e-test
 e2e-test: ## Runs e2e tests
+ifneq ($(wildcard test/e2e/*),)
 e2e-test: install-tool.golang install-tool.ginkgo install-tool.gojq
 	$(info $(M) running e2e tests$(if $(E2E_LABEL), labelled "$(E2E_LABEL)")$(if $(E2E_FOCUS), matching "$(E2E_FOCUS)"))
-ifneq ($(wildcard test/e2e/*),)
 ifneq ($(SKIP_BUILD),true)
 	$(MAKE) GORELEASER_FLAGS=$$'--config=<(env GOOS=$(shell go env GOOS) GOARCH=$(shell go env GOARCH) gojq --yaml-input --yaml-output \'del(.builds[0].goarch) | del(.builds[0].goos) | .builds[0].targets|=(["linux_amd64","linux_arm64",env.GOOS+"_"+env.GOARCH] | unique | map(. | sub("_amd64";"_amd64_v1")))\' .goreleaser.yml) --clean --skip-validate --skip-publish' release
 endif
diff --git a/make/kind.mk b/make/kind.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b519f0a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/kind.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Copyright 2023 D2iQ, Inc. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+KIND_DIR := $(REPO_ROOT)/.local/kind
+
+KIND_CLUSTER_NAME ?= $(GITHUB_REPOSITORY)-dev
+KIND_KUBECONFIG ?= $(KIND_DIR)/$(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME)/kubeconfig
+
+KINDEST_NODE_IMAGE ?= kindest/node
+KINDEST_NODE_VERSION_v1.24 ?= v1.24.7@sha256:577c630ce8e509131eab1aea12c022190978dd2f745aac5eb1fe65c0807eb315
+KINDEST_NODE_VERSION_v1.25 ?= v1.25.3@sha256:f52781bc0d7a19fb6c405c2af83abfeb311f130707a0e219175677e366cc45d1
+KINDEST_NODE_VERSION_v1.26 ?= v1.26.0@sha256:691e24bd2417609db7e589e1a479b902d2e209892a10ce375fab60a8407c7352
+# Allow easy override of Kubernetes version to use via `make KIND_KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.23` to use in CI
+KIND_KUBERNETES_VERSION ?= v1.26
+ifndef KINDEST_NODE_VERSION_$(KIND_KUBERNETES_VERSION)
+  $(error Unsupported Kind Kubernetes version: $(KIND_KUBERNETES_VERSION) (use on of: [$(patsubst KINDEST_NODE_VERSION_%,%,$(filter KINDEST_NODE_VERSION_%,$(.VARIABLES)))]))
+endif
+
+KINDEST_IMAGE = $(KINDEST_NODE_IMAGE):$(KINDEST_NODE_VERSION_$(KIND_KUBERNETES_VERSION))
+
+.PHONY: kind.recreate
+kind.recreate: ## Re-creates new KinD cluster if necessary
+kind.recreate: kind.delete kind.create
+
+.PHONY: kind.create
+kind.create: ## Creates new KinD cluster
+kind.create: install-tool.kubectl install-tool.kind install-tool.go.envsubst ; $(info $(M) creating kind cluster - $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME))
+	(kind get clusters | grep -Eq '^$(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME)$$' && echo '$(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) already exists') || \
+		env KUBECONFIG=$(KIND_KUBECONFIG) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/kind/create-cluster.sh \
+		  --cluster-name $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) \
+		  --kindest-image $(KINDEST_IMAGE) \
+		  --output-dir $(KIND_DIR)/$(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) \
+		  --base-config $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/kind/kind-base-config.yaml
+
+.PHONY: kind.delete
+kind.delete: ## Deletes KinD cluster
+kind.delete: install-tool.kind ; $(info $(M) deleting kind cluster - $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME))
+	(kind get clusters | grep -Eq '^$(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME)$$' && kind delete cluster --name $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME)) || \
+	  echo '$(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) does not exist'
+	rm -rf $(KIND_DIR)/$(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME)
+
+.PHONY: kind.kubeconfig
+kind.kubeconfig: ## Prints export definition for kubeconfig
+	echo "export KUBECONFIG=$(KIND_KUBECONFIG)"
diff --git a/make/repo.mk b/make/repo.mk
index bc6ef3337..c5004bd3f 100644
--- a/make/repo.mk
+++ b/make/repo.mk
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ GIT_COMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse "HEAD^{commit}")
 export GIT_TAG ?= $(shell git describe --tags "$(GIT_COMMIT)^{commit}" --match v* --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null)
 export GIT_CURRENT_BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
-export GITHUB_ORG ?= $(notdir $(realpath $(dir $(REPO_ROOT))))
-export GITHUB_REPOSITORY ?= $(notdir $(REPO_ROOT))
+export GITHUB_ORG := $(notdir $(realpath $(dir $(REPO_ROOT))))
+export GITHUB_REPOSITORY := $(notdir $(REPO_ROOT))
 
 ifneq ($(shell git status --porcelain 2>/dev/null; echo $$?), 0)
 	export GIT_TREE_STATE := dirty
diff --git a/make/tools.mk b/make/tools.mk
index 6381a95ee..eeb0dd719 100644
--- a/make/tools.mk
+++ b/make/tools.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export PATH := $(GOBIN):$(PATH)
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(GO_TOOLS_FILE)),)
 define install_go_tool
 	mkdir -p $(GOBIN)
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -v $$(grep $1 $(GO_TOOLS_FILE))
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -v $$(grep -Eo '^.+$1[^ ]+' $(GO_TOOLS_FILE))
 endef
 
 .PHONY: